Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

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Organization catholic_particular_church_sui_iuris Q472189
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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Summary

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a Catholic particular church sui iuris[1]. It draws 2,450 Wikipedia views per month (catholic_particular_church_sui_iuris category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is in the country of Ukraine[4].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's instance of is recorded as Catholic particular church sui iuris[5].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's instance of is recorded as Byzantine Catholic Churches[6].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's instance of is recorded as Major archiepiscopal church[7].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's official language is recorded as Q12153548[8].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's official language is recorded as Ukrainian[9].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's headquarters location is recorded as Kyiv[10].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is part of Catholic Church[11].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is part of Eastern Christianity[12].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's Commons category is recorded as Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church[13].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's chairperson is recorded as Sviatoslav Shevchuk[14].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's separated from is recorded as Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople[15].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's official website is recorded as https://ugcc.ua[16].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church[17].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's Commons gallery is recorded as Українська греко-католицька церква[18].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as denomination=ukrainian_greek_catholic[19].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's topic has template is recorded as Template:Ukrainian Catholic Circumscriptions[20].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Українська греко-католицька церква'}[21].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'УГКЦ'}[22].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's different from is recorded as Ukrainian Catholic Church[23].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's different from is recorded as Ukrainian Catholic Church[24].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's position held by head of the organization is recorded as Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Galicia[25].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's Christian liturgical rite is recorded as Byzantine Rite[26].
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Ukraine[27].

Body

Identity

Part of include Catholic Church[11], a Christian denomination[28], in Vatican City[29], founded in 0001[30], headquartered in Vatican City[31] and Eastern Christianity[12], a Christian denominational family[32]. Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'УГКЦ'}[22].

Leadership

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's chairperson is recorded as Sviatoslav Shevchuk[14].

Operations

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's headquarters location is recorded as Kyiv[10].

Why It Matters

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church draws 2,450 Wikipedia views per month (catholic_particular_church_sui_iuris category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . catholic-hierarchy.org. catholic-hierarchy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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